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The theater of birth: scenes from women's scripts.

An analogy between theater and birth is drawn from analyses of women's birth stories to describe birth from a fresh perspective. Birth and theater are compared using the theatrical production elements: setting, casting, props, set, behind the scenes, script, and roles. Selected examples from women's...

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Published in:Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 18 - 36
Main Authors: Hanson L, VandeVusse L, Harrod KS
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Sep2001
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          VandeVusse L
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        affil: Assistant Professor, Marquette University, College of Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery Program, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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          Childbirth
          Performing Arts
          Labor
          Delivery, Obstetric
          Qualitative Studies
          Midwestern United States
          Unstructured Interview
          Patient Attitudes Evaluation
          Professional-Patient Relations
          Nurses
          Physicians
          Adult
          Pregnancy
          Female
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      ab: An analogy between theater and birth is drawn from analyses of women's birth stories to describe birth from a fresh perspective. Birth and theater are compared using the theatrical production elements: setting, casting, props, set, behind the scenes, script, and roles. Selected examples from women's birth stories highlight each element. Nurses' roles are significant during labor and birth, but nurses' abilities to fulfill these roles are threatened. This analogy promotes rethinking of nursing actions in the theater of birth. Implications for clinical practice are provided, including altering the birth environment, offering choices, and maintaining the woman's role as star. Copyright © 2001 by Aspen Publishers, Inc.
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